The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) has announced the full list of nominees for its annual Rockies Program Competition. The prestigious internationally-recognized Awards program celebrates nominees in 26 categories, spanning multiple genres including Fiction, Non-Fiction, Kids & Animation and Interactive. The Rockies Program Competition celebrates the “best of the best” in international television and digital media content. The Rockies is the largest international program competition in the media industry and attracts over a thousand entries from more than 40 countries annually.

This year’s nominees in leading categories include:

Kids & Animation:

Animation Programs

Larva – Hello, Larva

L’automne de Pougne (Poppety in the Fall)

Room on the Broom

The Snowman and the Snowdog

Children Programs (2+) – Fiction

SpongeBob SquarePants – It’s A SpongeBob Christmas!

The Penguins of Madagascar – Operation: Big Blue Marble

The Snowman and the Snowdog

Wolfblood – Lone Wolf

Children Programs (2+) – Non-Fiction

Dwylo’r Enfys (Rainbow Hands)

Erde An Zukunft (Earth to Future) – Meals Without Meat: Schnitzel Without Schnitzel

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee – Kids For Sale: Slavery in Ghana

The Kamaishi Miracle

Youth – Non-Fiction Programs

Bente’s Voice

My Father

Stefpacking

Soul Birds

Youth – Fiction Programs

Baron Muenchhausen

Degrassi – Rusty Cage Part One

Heartland – Great Expectations

Mimoun

Factual Entertainment Presented By Impact – Sponsored by Rogers Media

Documentary-style Reality Programs

24 Hours in A&E

Documentary Love: A Mother’s Love Never Ends

Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands

The Great British Bake Off

Environmental and Wildlife Programs

Africa

Punaisen Metsän Hotelli (Red Forest Hotel)

The Nature of Things – Andean Adventure

Shattered Ground

History & Biography Programs

Munich 72 – The End of an Olympic Summer Dream

Mussolini – The Living Deadman

The Men Who Built America

The War of 1812 – Been There, Won That

Investigative & Current Affairs Programs

A World Beyond Humans

Afghanistan – The Price of Revenge

Backlight – Soldiers on the Roof

Tears of Lost Souls – North Korean Refugees

Popular Science & Technology Programs

Homo Artificus

Seven Ages of Starlight

The Cosmic Shore

Wonders of Life – Expanding Universe

Social & Humanitarian Documentaries

The Age of Anxiety

Warrior for Love

Why Poverty? Welcome to the World

Women, Keeping the World Turning

Interactive Presented By nextMEDIA – Sponsored by Independent Production Fund

The Rockies Program Competition serves as a reflection of the latest trends in international programming within current traditional, cross-platform and digital entertainment platforms. This year’s award winners will be announced during the Banff World Media Festival taking place in Banff, Alberta from June 9-12, 2013. The Rockies Program Competition will be hosted by television personality, writer and video blogger Shira Lazar.